Exam Security

All NCARB tests are held in strict security and confidence and are protected by U.S. copyright laws. Before beginning your test, you will be required to accept NCARB’s Confidentiality Agreement, which prohibits any disclosure of exam content.

In addition to having their photograph taken prior to testing, all candidates will be scanned by a hand-held metal detector and will be required to sign a log book and provide a finger swipe prior to each entry into the testing room, including returns from breaks. All candidates will be required to submit to the scans, with few exceptions. Candidates refusing to be scanned may not be permitted to test.

You are not allowed to:

Copy or remove test materials from the test center.

Refer to notes, language translation dictionaries, or reference materials during the administration of your exam.

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